How to Say "Lime" in Arabic - How To Say Guide

لَيْم

laymmasculine

The English word 'lime' (the green citrus fruit) is translated into Arabic as لَيْم (laym) or بَنْزَهِير.

Meaning: green citrus fruit (noun)

Ways to say it

“lime” in Arabic
Arabic	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
لَيْم	laym	masculine
بَنْزَهِير	banzahīr	masculine

Both terms refer to the green citrus fruit known as a lime.

لَيْم is the default form, while بَنْزَهِير is an alternative term for the same fruit.

Both لَيْم and بَنْزَهِير are masculine nouns.

laym

While an English speaker uses 'lime' for both the fruit and the building material, Arabic uses entirely different words for the fruit and the calcium oxide used in construction.
In some Levant dialects, the word for lime is closely associated with the word for 'sourness', reflecting how the fruit is used to adjust the acidity of food.
If you want to specify a green lime in a market, you often have to add the adjective 'green' to the word لَيْمُون to avoid receiving a yellow lemon instead.

الثمن لكيلو الليمون الهندي معقول.
The price per kilo of Indian limes is reasonable.
عايزة تديني شوية برتقال هندي للعصير.
I want some Indian oranges for the juice, meaning limes.

Nour and Youssef are cooking dinner together.

نور Nour

يوسف، هل لدينا لَيْم في المطبخ؟
Yūsuf, hal ladaynā laym fī al-maṭbakh?
Youssef, do we have lime in the kitchen?
يوسف Youssef

نعم، هناك حبة واحدة في الثلاجة.
Naʿam, hunāka ḥabba wāḥida fī ath-thallāja.
Yes, there is one piece in the fridge.
نور Nour

ممتاز، سأستخدمها لتتبيل السمك.
Mumtāz, sa-astakhdimuhā li-tatbīl as-samak.
Great, I will use it to season the fish.
يوسف Youssef

سيكون طعمه لذيذاً جداً.
Sayakūn ṭaʿmuhu ladhīdhan jiddan.
It will taste very delicious.

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